Widget in Alpha Release

We're happy to report an alpha release of our new Others Online widget, upper right column. This is simply javascript that pulls relevant people/profiles from the Others Online service, and the publisher has control over who gets listed. We're still working on the wizard, which will allow publishers to change the display parameters, brand it how they like, and control the display of profiles as follows:

• Show others online who are relevant to the content.
• Show the specific profiles of those who are on the publisher's favorites list -- think of this like a blogroll on steroids.
• Show others online who have an interest in specific keywords (like show every user who is into "dirt jumping, muse, photography, myspace, 24, etc.")
• Show profiles of those who have read or are reading your blog.

As the viewer runs their mouse over the widget, a fly-out shows more information on the user, including their Web site links, username, age/gender/location, interests and online status. Each interest is clickable, taking you to a page which shows all people with that interest.

Mike's done a very cool setup wizard for TypePad, Blogger and manual implementation. We're looking for bloggers to test it and provide their feedback!! If you're interested, please contact mike AT othersonline DOT com.

We're happy to report an alpha release of our new Others Online widget, upper right column. This is simply javascript that pulls relevant people/profiles from the Others Online service, and the publisher has control over who gets listed. We're still working on the wizard, which will allow publishers to change the display parameters, brand it how they like, and control the display of profiles as follows:

• Show others online who are relevant to the content.
• Show the specific profiles of those who are on the publisher's favorites list -- think of this like a blogroll on steroids.
• Show others online who have an interest in specific keywords (like show every user who is into "dirt jumping, muse, photography, myspace, 24, etc.")
• Show profiles of those who have read or are reading your blog.

As the viewer runs their mouse over the widget, a fly-out shows more information on the user, including their Web site links, username, age/gender/location, interests and online status. Each interest is clickable, taking you to a page which shows all people with that interest.

Mike's done a very cool setup wizard for TypePad, Blogger and manual implementation. We're looking for bloggers to test it and provide their feedback!! If you're interested, please contact mike AT othersonline DOT com.